Last week, President Donald Trump ordered the army to prepare a 30,000 “migrant center” for the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
The United States has sent the first arrested migrants on flights to the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp, the White House says.
News channel according to CBS Migrants who have been illegally arriving in the United States will be sent to the prison camp.
President Donald Trump Last week, he ordered a 30,000 -person “migration center” for a prison camp prepared by the army last week.
On Sunday, the US Domestic Security Agency refused to comment on Reuters whether women, children or families would be taken to the camp.
The Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is primarily intended as a detention center for suspects of terrorist offenses. However, migrants have also been held there.
According to CNN, the news channel Previously, however, the camp has been a reception center for migrants arrested at sea.
While the Trump administration has started transporting migrants to Guantanamo, it says, according to CNN sources, whether the transfer of people from the southern border of the United States to Guantanamo is even legal.
In addition, according to CNN, there are still several questions without answers, such as how long migrants can be held at the camp or what rights are subject to them.
Guantanamo Bay’s circumstances have been criticized by human rights organizations. The Guantanamo Bay, opened in 2002, had a maximum of about 800 prisoners. The United States has been criticized for its abuse and torture of prisoners. In addition, several prisoners have been held at the camp, which were never prosecuted.
There are still 15 prisoners in Guantanamo’s high safety classification prison. Migrants are supposed to accommodate a separate part of the camp.
Sources: AFP, Reuters